Draw Recess
Find the draw recess command.
Figure 1: Draw Recess/Filling command
Select any wall.
Figure 2
The recess dialogue appears.
Figure 3: Draw Recess/Filling dialog
Important Parameters:
- Type: Specify if the recess is rectangular, circular or use a polygonal shape
- Side: From which side is the recess calculated. You can also think of this as which normal to use.
- Cut Out: Cuts a hole straight through to the other side.
- Distance from front: How far in shall the recess start. A 0 value means from the surface.
- Countersinking: How deep is the recess
- Height: Enter a manual value or choose one on screen (as shown in below example).
- Dimension type: How shall the recess be dimensioned on a shop drawing.
- Annotation: Text used in shop drawing to describe recess.
- Material: If the recess is to be filled with a material, ex.a different mixture of concrete, insulation etc, specify it here. The recess will then be accounted for as a filling.
Figure 4: Draw recess
If you choose 'specify the height on screen', select a base point and then the second point. Use points on the surface (in this case front) that you specified in the dialogue.
Figure 5: Draw recess
A recess can be added on all sides
When you draw recess/fillings in the model (floor plan) you can select element or none. If you select none it leaves you with adding recess in the top/bottom for slabs and columns&beams and near face/far face for walls. If you instead select element it gives you access to all sides of the element when you place your recess/filling. The GIFs below gives you some ideas on how to use this.
Figure 6: Draw recess by using 3DRotate
Figure 6: Draw recess by using UCS (User Coordinate System)